General Info

The article is for linux operation system only.

This is a Thinkpad R31 2656-56G with

PIII M(obile) Intel Prozessor
1024MB Ram (max)
(not very powerful) Intel i830 Grafics prozessor
100 Mbs Network
USB 1.1
No wlan
Trackpoint, no tochpad
Bios Version 3.110 1FETF1WW (2004-11-16, Embedded Controller Version 02.29.12)

lspci

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82830 830 Chipset Host Bridge (rev 04)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82830 CGC [Chipset Graphics Controller] (rev 04)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation 82830 CGC [Chipset Graphics Controller]
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM USB Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM USB Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM USB Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 42)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801CAM ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801CAM IDE U100 Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM SMBus Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 02)
01:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82801CAM (ICH3) PRO/100 VE (LOM) Ethernet Controller (rev 42)
01:09.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1410 PC card Cardbus Controller (rev 02)
02:00.0 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 43)
02:00.1 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 43)
02:00.2 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB 2.0 (rev 04)

Kernel boot parameter

There are some problems running this laptop with a modern linux kernel.

This leads into the following /boot/grub/menu.lst additions

## ## Start Default Options ##
## default kernel options
# [...]
# kopt=root=UUID=YOUR_UID ro irqpoll i8042.nomux=1

Trackpoint

The trackpoint does erratic mouse movements out of the sudden

Solution: add i8042.nomux=1 as kernel parameter

Kernel-oops IRQ

Heavy using of the usb or graphics bus (3D rendering) leaves this pci subsystems unusable (kernel-oops). The dmesg message is

irq 11: nobody cared (try booting with the "irqpoll" option)

Solution: add irqpoll as kernel parameter

Usplash

Direct rendering is broken, if you use usplash.

Uninstall usplash

Bios

The bios is buggy. I use the latest Version 3.110 1FETF1WW of 2004-11-16.

Use this DSDT.aml, unzip it and put it into

mv /wherever/DSDT.zip /etc/initramfs-tools/.
cd /etc/initramfs-tools
sudo unzip DSDT.zip

Ubuntu Gutsy

/etc/network/interfaces

With support for tuntap, used by virtualbox.

# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).

# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet manual

# The primary network interface
auto tap0
iface tap0 inet manual
 tunctl_user a_username
 uml_proxy_arp ibmr31
 uml_proxy_ether eth0

# - install more if necessary
# - don't forget to add them to br0
# auto tap1
# iface tap1 inet manual
#  tunctl_user a_username
#  uml_proxy_arp this_server
#  uml_proxy_ether eth0
   
# bridge
auto br0
iface br0 inet dhcp
 address 192.168.0.11
 netmask 255.255.255.0
 gateway 192.168.0.254
 bridge_ports eth0 tap0
 bridge_maxwait 0

Video

GLX and DRI works, but it is a little buggy and not very performant. So don't use (!) compiz - it's no fun.

Additionally you HAVE TO boot into save graphics mode and fix the xserver like described as followed.

Troubleshooting

I had some real trouble getting X11 with direct rendering to work after a system upgrade occured. X11 hung and the whole system froze.

Then booted in safe mode and use the following option in your xorg.conf

Section "Device"
     Option    "noaccel"   "true"

for starting the xserver. Change it back, when X was up and restart X.

Heres what I did:

1. I removed usplash and run update-initramfs for ALL (!) kernel flavours on the machine.

apt-get remove usplash usplash-theme-ubuntu
update-initramfs -c -k all

2. I removed the xserver-xorg-video-intel driver package. It hinders the xserver to start and reinstall xorg-video-i810.

apt-get remove xserver-xorg-video-intel
apt-get install --reinstall xserver-xorg-video-i810

3. I rebooted the machine

Now the Xserver worked with direct rendering.

modules

root@ibmr31:~# lsmod | grep agp
intel_agp              25620  1 
agpgart                35016  3 drm,intel_agp

X11

Trackpoint

The trackpoint can be configured specially for scrolling in conjunction with the middle mouse button. See the xorg.conf in one of the following sections.

Please read the following article for more informations about using the trackpoint [1]

xorg.conf

# /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf(5) manual page.
# (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
#   sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "Files"
       FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc"
       # FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic"
       FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled"
       FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled"
       FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1"
       FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi"
       FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi"
       FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/X11/encodings"
       # path to defoma fonts
       FontPath        "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
EndSection

Section "Module"
       Load    "i2c"
       Load    "bitmap"
       Load    "ddc"
       Load    "extmod"
       Load    "freetype"
       Load    "glx"
       Load    "int10"
       Load    "vbe"
       Load    "dri"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
       Identifier      "Generic Keyboard"
       Driver          "kbd"
       Option          "CoreKeyboard"
       Option          "XkbRules"      "xorg"
       Option          "XkbModel"      "pc105"
       Option          "XkbLayout"     "de"
       Option          "XkbOptions"    "lv3:ralt_switch"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
       Identifier      "Configured Mouse"
       Driver          "mouse"
       Option          "CorePointer"
       Option          "Device"                "/dev/input/mice"
       Option          "Protocol"              "ImPS/2"
       Option          "ZAxisMapping"          "4 5"
       Option          "Emulate3Buttons"       "true"
       Option          "EmulateWheel"          "true"
       Option          "EmulateWheelButton"    "2"
EndSection

Section "Device"
       Identifier      "Intel Corporation 82830 CGC [Chipset Graphics Controller]"
       Driver          "i810"
       #VideoRam       65536
       #Option         "DRI" "true"
       # Change, when X won't start with BLACK SCREEN
       #Option         "noaccel"   "true" 
       BusID           "PCI:0:2:0"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
       Identifier      "Standardbildschirm"
       Option          "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
       Identifier      "Default Screen"
       Device          "Intel Corporation 82830 CGC [Chipset Graphics Controller]"
       Monitor         "Standardbildschirm"
       DefaultDepth    16
       SubSection "Display"
               Depth           1
               Modes           "1024x768" "1024x600" "800x600" "768x576" "640x480"
       EndSubSection
       SubSection "Display"
               Depth           4
               Modes           "1024x768" "1024x600" "800x600" "768x576" "640x480"
       EndSubSection
       SubSection "Display"
               Depth           8
               Modes           "1024x768" "1024x600" "800x600" "768x576" "640x480"
       EndSubSection
       SubSection "Display"
               Depth           15
               Modes           "1024x768" "1024x600" "800x600" "768x576" "640x480"
       EndSubSection
       SubSection "Display"
               Depth           16
               Modes           "1024x768" "1024x600" "800x600" "768x576" "640x480"
       EndSubSection
       SubSection "Display"
               Depth           24
               Modes           "1024x768""1024x600" "800x600" "768x576" "640x480"
       EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
       Identifier      "Default Layout"
       Screen          "Default Screen"
       InputDevice     "Generic Keyboard"
       InputDevice     "Configured Mouse"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
       Mode    0666
EndSection

Thinkpad R31

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Contents

General Info

lspci

Kernel boot parameter

Trackpoint

Kernel-oops IRQ

Usplash

Bios

Ubuntu Gutsy

/etc/network/interfaces

Video

Troubleshooting

modules

X11

Thinkpad R31

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Revision as of 14:38, 25 December 2007 by Apos (talk | contribs) (→‎Video)(diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)

Contents

General Info

lspci

Kernel boot parameter

Trackpoint

Kernel-oops IRQ

Usplash

Bios

Ubuntu Gutsy

/etc/network/interfaces

Video

Troubleshooting

modules

X11

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